Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter

Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter (27 June 1430-September 1475) was a Lancastrian leader during the Wars of the Roses.

Biography
Henry Holland was the only son of John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, and he inherited the dukedom at the age of seventeen. The cruel, savagely temperamental, and unpredictable Holland had a claim to the English throne as the great-grandson of John of Gaunt, but he lacked support, and he instead backed the Lancastrians (despite being married to the Duke of York's daughter). He was victorious at Wakefield in 1460 and St. Albans in 1461, but he was decisively defeated at Towton in 1461. He fled to Scotland and then to France, and he later returned to command the left flank of the Lancastrian army at the Battle of Barnet in 1471. He was badly wounded and left for dead, but he survived. In 1475, he volunteered to serve in an expedition to France, but he fell overboard and drowned on the return voyage.